A new marketing partnership between Pioneer and NISC focuses on raising shared member awareness of storytelling tools. Pioneer’s staff will leverage NISC training and connections to fast-track shared member needs and ensure Utility Pioneers know how to effectively use NISC’s products.
When you got your job in the utility world, they were there to show you the ropes. You look for them at every conference, knowing they'll connect you to the people and ideas you need to succeed. They are our industry connectors, the people who see this not as a job, but as a calling. Help Pioneer recognize servant leaders in our industry by nominating them for D’Avanzo Communications Leadership Award. Nominations are due May 22!
What You’ll Learn For the second year in a row, price was not the No. 1 concern for respondents in Innovative Systems’ annual broadband survey. What is it that matters most? This episode also includes notes on bundling, social media platform usage, streaming options and communication preferences. Special: Recorded LIVE at StoryConnect 2024! Guest Speaker […]
What You’ll Learn Allison Young and the Kauai team just won an NRECA Spotlight award for their internal newsletter and intranet. What’s their secret for engaging internal communications? Special: Recorded LIVE at StoryConnect 2024! Guest Speaker Allison Young Show Notes Transcripts have been lightly edited for clarity and readility. Andy Johns: Hi StoryConnect listeners, this […]
Sean Vanslyke, CEO and “Head Coach” of SEMO Electric Cooperative and GoSEMO Fiber, accepted an appointment to Pioneer’s Board of Directors. Vanslyke was selected for the District 1 At-Large seat from a pool of three nominees. He will fill the unexpired term of Crystal Enkvist, the executive director of the Alaska Power Association, who recently joined the board of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
What You’ll Learn In an effort to move beyond features like speed, CL Tel has begun discussing its broadband based on what their service can do for specific customer profiles of personas like gamers, remote workers and families. Special: Recorded LIVE at NTCA Guest Speaker Chris Lovell Show Notes Transcripts have been lightly edited for […]
Similar to nutrition fact labels, broadband facts labels help consumers easily compare prices, introductory rates, data allowances and speeds. Great idea, but how will Utility Pioneers put this requirement into practice? Get the facts at a new website we created with Vantage Point, broadbandlabels.coop.
In March, Pioneer Senior Vice President of Content Leon Espinoza was elected vice president of the National Electric Cooperatives Statewide Editors Association. The volunteer-led group helps 32 statewide and regional publications identify storytelling opportunities, train magazine staff and research cost-saving measures.
Chris Pietsch, director of photography for Gannett Newspapers in Oregon, shares tips on "making — not taking" better photos while previewing the sessions he will lead at StoryConnect in April.
Ruralite magazine readers from California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Alaska support an Idaho community effort to make feminine hygiene kits for young women in Ghana. Fifty volunteers used reader donations to help make hundreds of washable, reusable feminine pads.
What You’ll Learn Teddy Feinberg, managing editor at the Idaho Press, gives us a preview of his sessions at StoryConnect 2024, where he will be the writing instructor. In this episode, Teddy focuses on the value of concise writing and gives tips on how to improve your writing by self-editing. Guest Speaker Teddy Feinberg Show […]
